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Banking the Unbanked

Duration: 55'

Director: Sarah Vos

Producer: Eyeworks Egmond Film and Television

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Is microfinance the answer to poverty? We follow two young ambitious Gambian bankers in their attempts to make Reliance into a steady microfinance institution. Will they succeed in this interesting and expanding market?

To be successful, it requires high level local management, extremely skilled local employees and the introduction of phenomena’s as loans, saving accounts, interests. Running a microfinance institution in a third world country appears not to be an easy job. This is a film about a new upcoming African business, helping the poor has become big business.